Gas Prices Continue Falling In Levittown Area

Gas prices in the Levittown area have continued falling from highs of around $5 in recent weeks.

According to data from AAA and GasBuddy, several stations in the Levittown area are selling gas for $4.39 per gallon as of Monday morning. The lowest gas price in the area was at a station in Penndel Borough at $4.27 per gallon.

No gas station in the Levittown area was reported to having a price of $4.50 per gallon or above as of Monday.

In the five-county Philadelphia region, gas prices have fallen 7 cents over the past week, according to AAA.

The national gas price average as of Monday was $4.21, which is a decrease of 14 cents since last week.

“Consumers appear to be taking the pressure off their wallets by fueling up less,” said Jana Tidwell, spokesperson for AAA Mid-Atlantic. “And there’s reason to be cautiously optimistic that pump prices will continue to fall, particularly if the global price for oil does not spike. But the overall situation remains very volatile.”

While gas prices are dropping, they are still higher than at this time last summer, when prices nationwide averaged $3.15.

Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, said he continues to see gas prices falling, with more than 70,000 stations across the country at $3.99 or below.

“The outlook is for a continued drop in most areas, however, some supply tightness in areas of the Northeastern U.S. could push prices up slightly until inventories rise, or imports do. For now, Americans are seeing prices nearly 90 cents lower than their mid-June peak and are spending close to $330 million less on gasoline every day as a result. As long as oil prices hold at these levels or lower, we’ll see another decline in most areas this week,” he said.

Gas prices are based on numerous factors and have been greatly impacted by COVID-19 trends, capacity, supply, and global uncertainty follow’s Russia’s war on Ukraine, experts have said.

The Levittown area previously had record-high gas prices in the summer of 2008 when prices were reported to be around $4.10 per gallon.

Adjusted for inflation between 2008 and 2022, the summer 2008 gas price would cost about $5.51 a gallon today.

The U.S. Department of Energy provided the following strategies to save fuel:

• Minimize idling your car by turning off your engine when your vehicle is parked for more than 10 seconds. Idling can use a quarter to a half gallon of fuel per hour, depending on engine size and air conditioner use, adding up to three cents of wasted fuel a minute. In the winter, most manufacturers recommend driving off gently after about 30 seconds. The engine will warm up faster being driven, which will allow the heat to turn on sooner, decrease your fuel costs, and reduce emissions.

• Drive sensibly and avoid aggressive driving, such as speeding, rapid acceleration, and hard braking. Aggressive driving  can lower your highway gas mileage by 15 percent to 30 percent and your city mileage by 10 percent to 40 percent.

• Avoid driving at high speeds. Above 50 mph, gas mileage drops rapidly. For every 5 mph above 50 mph, it’s like paying an additional $0.22 per gallon of gasoline. 

• Reduce drag by placing items inside the car or trunk rather than on roof racks, which can decrease your fuel economy by up to 8 percent in city driving and up to 25 percent at Interstate speeds. 

• Avoid keeping heavy items in your car; an extra 100 pounds in your vehicle could increase your gas costs by up to $.03 cents per gallon.

• Combine errands. Several short trips, each one taken from a cold start, can use twice as much fuel as one trip covering the same distance when the engine is warm.

• Check into telecommuting, carpooling, public transit and active transportation like bicycling or walking to save on fuel and car maintenance costs. Many urban areas provide carpool lanes that are usually less congested, which means you will get to work and home faster and more refreshed.

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